Example sentences of "there [be] but two " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am certain of my facts & calculations ; so there are but two alternatives : either you have spent , not extravagantly , since you are not extravagant , but sillily & thoughtlessly , which really is far worse . |
| 2 | There are but two families in the world , as my old grandmother used to say , the Haves and the Have-nots . |
| 3 | Rom Harré , a philosopher and social psychologist , argues there are but two dimensions along which a man acts : the practical dimension which directs his maintenance of life ( this coincides with my use of first-order experience ) and an ‘ expressive ’ dimension , which he sees as the ‘ overriding pre-occupation of human life ’ ( p. 3 ) . |
| 4 | It was reported as working satisfactorily in October 1900 and it must have remained so , for the final payment was made to Messrs. Gwynnes in February 1901.2 ; There are but two further important references in the Committee Minutes before the closure of the lift nine years later . |
| 5 | ‘ There are but two , we have few offenders in the general way of things . |
| 6 | Finally he pointed out to his mother that there were but two keys to the room and the Shills had one each . |